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Billie Morgan

Billie Morgan

by JoolzDenby (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

    $3.47
Synopsis

?My name is Billie Morgan. And I am a murderer.? Billie is in her forties, running a little jewellery shop in Bradford, watching over her godson Natty, trying to live a quiet life, trying to forget the past. Because Billie has a lot of past to forget. She was a biker chick, one of the Devil's Own, real hardcore seventies Angels, speed and acid-fuelled road demons. She lived a life that was hurtling out of control and it ended in murder. Now, years later, she has to face the consequences. Beautifully written, dark but never despairing, Billie Morgan is a perfect fusion between social realism and classic noir; a powerful, passionate novel about an inability to wipe evil from the slate of our lives. Taut like a Greek tragedy, the book is a moving, empathetic account of a woman?s heroic attempt to escape her destiny.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 05 Nov 2004
ISBN 10: 1852428651
ISBN 13: 9781852428655

Media Reviews
So gripping that it practically arm-wrestles the reader into its pungently murderous Northern plot... often hilarious portrayal of a woman defying the old fashioned corsetry of 'femininity' -- ?Daily Telegraph ?There are speed-freaks, severed heads, midnight burials and extreme sexual deviance in this book, but its eventually apocalyptic tone doesn?t disguise how recognisable its suffering is if you?ve ever stumbled under Britain?s civilised * Denby joins the like of Helen Walsh in finally putting vivid female rebels on the page? Uncut *
For me this is the best book, so far, of 2004. It works on all levels, containing strong writing and good plotting, believable characters, a good mix of light and shade... Highly recommended -- The Barcelona Review ?Haunting and lyrical, with a quietly devastating conclusion, Billie Morgan is that rare beast: a novel that speaks profoundly of loss, of sacrifice, and of pain, yet never loses sight of the one immutable truth that, without love, w * revenge and eventual redemption. It?s also a remarkable meditation on the dark side of the flower-power hippie generation? Diva *
Author Bio
Joolz Denby was born in 1955 to an SAS father and a glamorous mother. She is an internationally respected poet, spoken-word artist, curator, illustrative artist, tattooist and photographer. She is the award-winning, Orange-nominated author of the novels Stone Baby, Corazon, Billie Morgan, Borrowed Light, and five collections of poetry and short stories. She married an outlaw biker - a member of the Satan's Slaves - at 19 then after leaving that world, went on to spend the next 26 years writing, performing, working and touring with cult underground rock bands New Model Army and New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack.